steve and i talk about tone a lot. usually it has to do with his peculiar ability to match the tone of his writing exactly to the particular audience he’s writing to, or for. i lean on him quite embarassingly often when i need to send delicate emails that could potentially be misunderstood. i call him “cyrano,”  when these occasions arise. as in, “hey, can you cyrano this email for me?” but tone can be visual as well as verbal, and i particularly like the muted way that the colors in this photo work together, threading the needle between funereally faded and pinkly precious. somewhere between those two extremes, these colors decided to hold hands, and forget their differences, and celebrate how beautiful they could be if they worked together.

ranunculus, eremurus blossoms, and a eucalyptus leaf